Once only, by their permission, I took the remnants of their food, and by so doing all my sins were at once eradicated. Thus being engaged, I became purified in heart, and at that time the very nature of the transcendentalist became attractive to me.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
उच्छिष्टलेपाननुमोदितो द्विजैः सकृत्स्म भुञ्जे तदपास्तकिल्बिषः । एवं प्रवृत्तस्य विशुद्धचेतस- स्तद्धर्म एवात्मरुचिः प्रजायते
ucchiṣṭalepānanumodito dvijaiḥ sakṛtsma bhuñje tadapāstakilbiṣaḥ | evaṃ pravṛttasya viśuddhacetasa- staddharma evātmaruciḥ prajāyate
SB 1.5.25